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China army shows herb garden as pride at PLA base
A Western reporter tours the 124th PLA division near Kwangchow and notes the army blends Chinese medicine with Western treatment. Hsu Tsung-chang, division Political Department chief, highlights medicine produced in the unit’s in-house shop with 600 medicinal plants. The division, formed in 1937, fought in Japan, the Kuomintang, and Korea, claiming 1,600 campaigns and 60,100 enemy killed. Soldiers are paid modest wages and spend most of the year in training, with two months in the countryside assisting farmers. Tomorrow promises a hazardous factory visit.
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Kwangchow
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Yrath Jinfantry Division
People’s Liberation Army
Hsu Tsung-chang
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Chang
Mao Tse-tung
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Nanking
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